Clothes-drier.



H. STEVENS.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.8, 1915.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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INVENTOR am M ` ATTORNEY HARRY STEVENS, F CHESLEY, ONTARIO, CANADA. i

CLOTHES-DRIRE.

Application filed February 8, 1915.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HARRYSTnVnNs, a subject of the King of Great Britain, of. the town of Chesley, county of Bruce, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Driers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes driers, and the principal object of my invention is to provide suitable supporting means for the supporting arms for the clothes to lock them inoperative position, and further to provide means whereby the supporting member for the supporting arms may be readily coupled to and uncoupled from the standard for said supporting members.

The construction of my invention will be hereinafter particularly set forth and what I claim as new will be pointed out in the claim -forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my clothes drier, showing the supporting arms therefor held in operative position, certain parts being broken away and shown in section for clearness of illustration. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the clothes drier with portions of the supporting arms shown in operative position, and Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing partly in section the spring-provided hinge associated with the prop and its supporting member.

In the drawings, like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ligure.

A is any suitable standard which is designed to be secured after any suitable manner to any suitable supporting means (not shown) such as a wall. The said standard A is rabbeted so as to provide longitudinal inner grooves B and the supporting member C is provided with side ribs D which operate within the grooves B. The outer face E of the member C projects beyond the outer face F of the standard A and through the longitudinal slot G formed in said outer face F. The construction just described is of course well known, and it permits the supporting member C to be moved up and down within the standard A.

In order to support the supporting member C in any desired position in respect of the standard A, I provide a resilient metal plate H secured by any suitable means such Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov.9, 1915. Serial No. 6,939.

as screws I at its upper end to the supportmg member C. VThe lower end J of the plate H extends underneath the lower end K of the supporting. member C, and performs the function of a bolt, inthat its inner end L is designed to rest within any desired one of the plurality of pockets M formed in the inner face N of the standard A. In the position of the metal plate H illustrated in Fig. 1, the supporting member C is coupled to the standard A. By pulling outward on the hand grip O carried by the Vmetal plate H, the end L is withdrawn from the pocket M it is resting in, and then the supporting member C may be raisedor lowered as required into a new position. Since the extremity of the end L is always in contact with some portion of the standard A,

the metal plate H is always runder strain, thus insuring that the said plate will effectually couple the supporting member C to the standardk A and prevent the accidental movement ofsaid supporting member.

Secured to the upper end of the supporting member C and against the outer face E thereof is a p1ate'2, which is considerably wider than the standard A.

3 is a plate which is hinged by any suitable means such as hinges 4 (one only of which is shown) to the plate 2.

5 is a plate spaced apart from the plate 3 by a plurality of supporting arms which are positioned between these plates and pivoted thereto by means of any suitable means such as screws 7, `which screws also secure said plates 3 and 5 together. The clothes are designed to be thrown over the supporting arms 6 in the usual manner. Y

In order to support the supporting arms 6 in operative position, I provide a prop 8 which is coupled to the front portion of the plate 3 by a suitable spring-provided butt hinge 9. The lower end of the prop 8 rests in the bottom of a pocket 10 formed in the outer face E of the supporting member C,

and in this position the said prop holds the` lis retained in place by the leaf 15 of the hinge 9. The other end 1G of the spring 9 is also held in a pocket 17 formed in the inner side of the prop 8 at its upper end, and is retained in place by the leatl 18 ot the said spring. Any suitable means such as screws 19 are used to couple the leaves of the said hinge 9 to their supporting members. The spring 12 is so constructed that were it unmounted it will exert energy to move the ends 13 and 16 toward each other, and it will therefore be understood that the action of the spring 12 Will be to eXert energy to retain the prop S in the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 1, for the purpose set forth.

By removing the prop 8 from the pocket 10, the said prop together with the supporting arms 6 and the plates 3 and 5 can be folded to occupy substantially the dotted position illustrated in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing speciiication it Will be understood that my clothes drier While very strongly built, and consequently durable7 is at the same time manufactured at a low cost so as to permit an article of this class to be marketed at a low iigure and still provide a reasonable prot.

Carried by the standard A and to one side thereof projecting beyond the outer tace F is a stop i which is designed to limit the downward movement of the plate 2.

What 1 claim as my invention is:

1n a clothes drier, the combination with a supporting member provided in its outer face with a pocket; a pair of plates; means whereby said plates are hinged to said supporting member, and a plurality of supporting arms positioned between said plates and pivoted thereto at their inner ends, of a prop; a butt hinge, one leaf of Which is secured to the underside of the loivermost ot' said plates and the other leaf of which is secured to the inner side ot' the upper end ot said prop; the pintle coupling said leaves together, and a spring mountedl on said pin tle, one end of said spring being coupled to the said lowermost plate, and the other end of said spring being coupled to the other end of said prop, the said spring exerting energy to retain the lower end of said prop in said pocket when said supporting arms are held in operative position.

In testimony whereof 1 have atiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY STEVENS. Witnesses:

E. B. CALDWELT, L. PEAROE.

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